Study it in the app“Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; and you also did not tell me, and I too did not hear of it until today.””
Abimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“I do not knowלֹא יָדַעְתִּיwhoמִיhas doneעָשָׂהthis thing;אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּהand youוְ אַתָּהalsoגַםdid not tellלֹא הִגַּדְתָּme,לִּיand I tooוְגַם אָנֹכִיdid not hear of itלֹא שָׁמַעְתִּיuntilבִּלְתִּיtoday.”הַיּוֹם
Abimelech
Abimelech, the name of Philistine kings of Gerar in the days of Abraham and of Isaac, and of other men, such as a son of Gideon. The name means "my father is king"; it may have been a title of the kings of that place.
Where else “avimelech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higadta” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears25But Abraham reproached Abimelech about a well of water that the servants of Abimelech had seized.
26 · This verse (above)
27Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
1. What it says
What happened when Isaac was born, and what did Sarah say (vv. 1-7)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s care that he heard the voice of the boy in the wilderness (vv. 17-19)?
3. How I live it
Whom that seems to be pushed aside can you give time and attention today?
